Magnificent Warriors takes place in the middle of the Second Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s, Michelle Yeoh stars as Fok Ming Ming, a daring secret agent who is tasked to enter rural Tibet to rendezvous with Agent 001 aka Paulina. Her mission is to retrieve important information on the Japanese […]
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Yes Madam! (1985) Enjoyably inconsistent Hong Kong Action with Michelle Yeoh & Cynthia Rothrock (Review)
Michelle Yeoh is a badass. This is evident to anyone who has seen Tomorrow Never Dies, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, her Oscar-nominated turn in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and even the misfortune that is The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. What western audiences are perhaps less aware of […]
Royal Warriors (1986) – Fast-paced action with little regard for human life (Blu-Ray Review)
After the success of 1985’s Yes, Madame!, Hong Kong production company D & B Films spent the next decade releasing of series of thematically-linked features. Known by the series name In The Line of Duty, director David Chung reteamed with Michelle Yeoh for another entry into the girls-with-guns genre with […]
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) It’s the Michelle Yeoh Show (Blu-Ray Review)
The original police story is one of the essential movies in Jackie Chan’s career, helping cement his international career, and an action masterpiece. Beyond that, the series gets wildly inconsistent. In its initial 6-movie run and questionable in its two-movie run after being revived in 2003 under the moniker New […]